Momentary near warmth

We almost got warm, and spied many more crocuses starting to bloom. There are very early yellow ones that have little tiger stripes up from the stem, and white ones with indigo bases. There are even some more slender ones that look like smaller versions of the autumn variety. The cats were crazy, rolling around on sunny patches of sidewalk and ambushing unpredictably.
King crab legs looked appealing, as well as giant sea scallops; we'll have V-Day dinner early this year.
I've gotten well along in re-reading Doris Lessing's The Golden Notebook; I do wonder how much my high school aged self grasped of the political material. Such a rich writer, in an economical and uncomplicated way; I think I like her far better at this remove.